Window valance



Nov. 6, 1928.

F. E. Hoon ET AL WINDOW VALANCE Filed Sept. 24, 1924 gwuwntoz /C'RA Nh E Ho o a i Patented Nov. 6, `1,928.

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FRANxln. Hoon, .mNEi` n. Hoon, AND ALEXANDER e. MORRISON, orsAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

`WINDOW VALANCE.

Application led September 24, 1924. Serial No. 739,608.

are not equipped with means for preventing.

a curling of the lower edges and are usually i rendered unsightly after they have been hanging for a short period of time only bel cause the edges tend to curl, particularly Where the bottom line of the valance is shaped to present projecting configurations. It 1s proposed in the present invention to provide L ing, which consists in attaching a piece of material corresponding `to the material of the valance to the lower border thereof,

wherebyv the latter is reinforced and provided with additional weight. Practical experience has shown that Valances thus prepared do not yield to the action of sunshine or other infiuences, but remain perfectly straight.

It is furtherproposed to provide means in the present invention for producing a fringe fi effect along the lower border of the valance.l

Where fringes areused at the present time they soon become tangled or curl or otherwise become unsightly. In thepresent invention the lower border of the valance is stenciled or marked to present parallel vertical stripes or bars made in simulation of fringes and particularly adapted to serve this purpose. In

View of the fact that the bottom border is prevented from curling by the reinforcing f and Vtherefore proves superior to actual fringes. f y The preferred form ofthefinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l shows a valance having our lining attached thereto and showing the` means for producing the fringe effect, Figure a very simple means for preventing this curlf strip, the fringe effect will never be disturbed in a horizontal line at the top. The stripis Vpreferably made of material corresponding to the material of the valance and it is as sumed that the valance material as well as the material of the strip as shown in Figure n l are finished on both sides, and in the latter case thestrip 9 is glued to the valance as may be seen from Figure 2.

The configurations 'T Vare separated by the straight linesY 8 running parallel to the top of the valance, and a tassel 1l may be used for opposing any curling tendency around the short straight lines 8,.

In Figure 3 is shown a cross-sectional view illustrating the manner of securing ourstrip to the valance in a case whereonly one face of the latter as well as of the strip is finished while the other face is left rough. In this case we preferably secure the strip to the valance by interposing a sheet of rubberlQ between the strip and the valance and heating the assembled materials, whereby firm and lasting union is established between lthe same.

To produce, the fringev effect previously mentioned, We mark the bottom border of the valance with straight parallel lines or bars 13, preferably equidistant Afrom one another and substantially of the same length. Dots 14 above the linesor bars are made to simulate the pointsof attachment for the fringes.` A slight cliangein the shades of the bars may be made to simulate a wave in the fringes.

The advantages of our invention willbe readily understood from the foregoing description. Itis apparent that the application of our strip to the lower border requires little eort and adds only `a little to the cost of manufacturing the valance. It is practical and absolutely'prevents curling of the bottom edge of the valance and will keep the valance in apresentable condition through-y out its life, while at the same time a fringe effeet is produced which is'of the same lasting quality as the material itself. n

We claim:

l. .A suspended valance having a shaped bottoni edge and having shaped sections of the said edge weighted uniformly.

2. A suspended Valance having a shaped 4. A suspended valance having a shaped bottom edge and having shaped sections ot bottom edge, and having strips of similar 10 the said edge weighted uniformly up to a material glued to shaped bottoni sections for straight horizontal line. uniforl'nly weighting the same, the said 5 A suspended Valance having a shaped strips terminating inahorizontal top line.

bottom edge,and having strips of similar ma FRANK E. HOOD. terial glued to shaped bottom sections yfor JANET E. HOOD. uniformly Weighting the saine. ALEXANDER Gr. MORRISON. 

